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St Martins House will now be able to offer a 24-hour conference rate including overnight accommodation with breakfast alongside its existing function room hire and catering facilities, which is frequently requested by conference and wedding hosts and adding to the room capacity of the city.

In this video, we hear from Bishop Guli about what she is looking forward to as well as the main areas of ministry she will be involved in as the new Bishop of Loughborough.

Over 200 people have attended the open consultation meetings and contributed their experiences, joys and challenges from our rural churches and communities.

History was made when the Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated the first Bishop of Loughborough, the Rt Revd Guli Francis-Dehqani, at Canterbury Cathedral.

We’ve produced a video showing the highlights of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s inspiring three-day visit to Leicester and Leicestershire.

Starting with Morning Prayer with inmates and staff at Leicester Prison, the final day of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to Leicestershire also included interfaith talks and a university challenge.

A packed day of visits across rural Leicestershire saw the Archbishop praising the work of experimental church leaders, school children across the county discussing prayer and an unforgettable insight to Justin Welby’s life and faith.

The first day of his visit to Leicestershire saw the Archbishop of Canterbury chatting with bus passengers, inspired by a homeless choir, acknowledging the church’s need to be more inclusive, eating pizza with young Christians and commissioning 2000 church-goers to prayer which changes the world.

The Venerable Claire Wood started her new ministry as Archdeacon of Loughborough at a service led by Bishop Martyn in Leicester Cathedral yesterday (Sunday 8 October).

Revd Jon Barrett has been appointed to the new position of Diocesan Mission and Communications Enabler, within the Mission and Ministry Department of the Diocese of Leicester.